Harrison Butler

Harrison Butler was a 44-year-old Black man who lived in East Baltimore, Maryland.

On the evening of Tuesday, December 22, 2009, Butler was inside his home on the 700 block of North Linwood Avenue. At about 6:30 p.m., an unknown assailant shot him in the head.

Emergency services transported Butler to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he was placed on life support. He remained in critical condition for several days. After his organs were removed for transplant, Butler was taken off life support that Saturday. His official date of death was recorded as December 27, 2009.

Baltimore homicide detectives began an investigation into the shooting. At the time, police stated that the circumstances surrounding Butler's death were still being investigated. No suspects have ever been publicly identified, and no arrests have been made in the case. As of December 2009, the murder of Harrison Butler remains unsolved.